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The Glorious Memeland of Shavo is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Chief Executive Karl Barx with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, irreverence towards religion, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 17.946 billion people who are better than you are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business government prioritizes Defense, although Industry, Education, and Law & Order are also considered important, while International Aid and Welfare receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kalistan. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 33.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Shavoan economy, worth a remarkable 5,139 trillion vakos a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 286,372 vakos, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,426,175 per year while the poor average 32,452, a ratio of 43.9 to 1.

Chief Executive Karl Barx's used car is held together by bumper stickers that support the opposition, ships no longer sail as no one wants to encounter Shavoan pirates, the intelligence community is playing 4-D chess with an imaginary spy network, and you can bet your bottom dollar that gambling will cost you an arm and a leg. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Shavo's national animal is the sherman, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Čemŧäkan.

Shavo is ranked 1,015^th in the world and 1^st in The Region That Has No Big Banks for Fattest Citizens, with 61.04 Obesity Rate.